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Only Two Week­ends Left in the Island’s 2012 Season!

Sep 21, 2012 4:19 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_5965” align=“aligncenter” width=“300”] Mark di Suvero’s soar­ing sculp­tures have inspired poets who will read their work in an after­noon of poet­ry and sculp­ture on Sat­ur­day (pho­to by R. Menschel)[/caption] Just two week­ends left to enjoy Gov­er­nors Island this sea­son! This week­end is the last oppor­tu­ni­ty for vis­i­tors to play a free round of artist designed minia­ture golf on FIGMENT’s artist designed ​“Arcade”-themed course. The whim­si­cal tree house and sculp­ture gar­den at the end of the Parade Ground that were cre­at­ed by a vari­ety of FIG­MENT artists will also close this week­end. To cel­e­brate the cul­mi­na­tion of the Mark di Suvero at Gov­er­nors Island exhi­bi­tion, this Sat­ur­day, Storm King is part­ner­ing with Poets House to present the work of Yusef Komun­yakaa, Tan Lin, Paul Mul­doon and Bren­da Shaugh­nessy. Their poems, and those of oth­ers they will read, are inspired by di Suvero’s soar­ing steel sculp­tures that vis­i­tors can enjoy in green spaces across the Island. The exhi­bi­tion remains open through Sep­tem­ber 30. The 4 Heads Art Fair, which show­cas­es the work of more than 100 artists, will also con­clude next week­end . Each par­tic­i­pat­ing artist curates and exhibits their works in rooms in Build­ing 12, on the Island’s east­ern shore. Pieces include paint­ing, draw­ings, sculp­ture and mul­ti-media. This is also the sec­ond to last oppor­tu­ni­ty this sea­son for vis­i­tors to stop by the Open House at Build­ing 110: LMCC’s Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island on the clos­ing week­end – Sep­tem­ber 29 & 30, between 12PM and 5PM. Cur­rent­ly, more than 20 artists are in res­i­dence in the space. The works of sev­er­al of these artists are fea­tured in the Trans­form­ing Func­tion exhi­bi­tion in Build­ing 110. The artists’ stu­dios will be open to the pub­lic and vis­i­tors will be wel­come to speak with par­tic­i­pat­ing artists and learn about their work. There will also be a works-in-progress per­for­mance and more. In addi­tion to all of these pro­grams, vis­i­tors should stop by the Gov­er­nors Gal­leries to enjoy the last two week­ends of the Bet­ter than Jam pop up shop, the Storm King vis­i­tor cen­ter and exhibits pre­sent­ed by Empire His­toric Arts, Sculp­tors Guild, Bet­ter Liv­ing Through Math and the Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter for Pho­tog­ra­phy. The Gov­er­nors Gal­leries exhi­bi­tions remain open through Sep­tem­ber 30. Check out all that is planned for this weekend!
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